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tions and similar grooves ; tliey have, how^ever, their 
toes garnished with very broad pinnated or denticu- 
lated membranes, similar to those of the Coots. 
They swim admirably, and row about on the sea 
with great vivacity, fearing neither the waves nor 
breakers : they are less active on land : their food 
consists of small insects and marine vermes, which 
they seize while floating on the surface of the ocean. 
GREY PHALAROPE. 
(Phalaropus griseus.) 
Ph. supra fuscus, aut griseus, subtus nifus vel albidus, alis Jasciis 
duabiis albidis, crisso albo. 
Phalarope above brown, or grey, beneath red or whitish, the wings 
with two whitish bands, the vent white. 
Phalaropus platyrhynchos. Temm. man. d'Orn. 459. Sabine, 
Linn. Trans, xii. 536. 
Le Phalarope grise. Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 492. 
Summer Plumage. — Tringa hyperborea. Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1. 
676. b. 
Tringa fuligaria. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 249. 
Phalaropus rufescens. Briss. Orn. 6. 20. 
Le Phalarope rouge. Biiff". Ois. 8. 225. 
Red Coot-footed Tringa. Edw. Birds, pi. 142. 
Red Phalarope. (Female.) Lath. Gen. Syn. 5. 271. 
Winter Plumage. — Phalaropus lobatus. Lath. Jnd. Orn. 2. 
776. 
Tringa lobata. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 249. Gmel, Syst. Nat. 1, 
674. 
Phalaropus. Briss. Orn. 6. 12. 
Le Phalarope a festons denteles. BuJ^. Ois. 8. 226. 
